Poetry Friday: Walt Whitman
It’s nigh impossible to overstate the importance of Walt Whitman’s contributions in shaping and defining the American poetry landscape over the course of his lifetime and beyond. He cast aside the 19th...
View ArticlePoetry Friday: T.S. Eliot
The great literary critic Northrop Frye once wrote of T.S. Eliot that “a thorough knowledge [of Eliot] is compulsory for anyone interested in contemporary literature. Whether he is liked or disliked is...
View ArticlePoetry Friday: Gregory Corso
Where Allen Ginsberg was all expression and voice, Gregory Corso was the Beat poet of wit, whimsy and jazz. Born Nunzio Corso at St. Vincent’s Hospital on March 26, 1930 to teenage parents who...
View ArticlePoetry Friday: Austin Kleon
Last night, I had the privilege of hearing Austin Kleon give a lecture to a room full of undergraduate creative writing and fine arts students at York College of Pennsylvania. Most people will know him...
View ArticlePoetry Friday: Dr. Seuss
Today is the NEA’s Read Across America Day. Now in its 16th year, the program focuses on cultivating a love of reading to children and teenagers though partnerships and reading resources. The event is...
View ArticlePoetry Friday: Ezra Pound
Of the twentieth century’s major literary figures, Ezra Pound has been one of the most important contributors to modern poetry — and one of the most controversial. In his introduction to the Literary...
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